Beth Kulkarni attended this year’s Hindu Mandir Executives Conference in Houston: From the smallest Hindu temple in Houston, located in an apartment complex where many refugees from Nepal reside, to the only temple for Goddess Meenakshi in the West, to the beautiful white marble BAPS temple, many local Hindus came and joined with Hindus involved […]
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Chronicle reporter Jeannie Kever interviewed political scientist Robert Putnam ahead of his upcoming visit to Houston. Harvard Robert Putnam says the idea that religion is the province of conservative Republicans has caused a record number of young Americans to shy away from organized religion. But the Harvard University political scientist, best-known for 1995′s Bowling Alone: […]
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James Nielsen / Chronicle Mayor Annise Parker is encouraging Houstonians to participate in a citywide dinner dialog program about faith as a way to help the city’s diverse religious groups work better with each other. Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston’s Amazing Faiths Project Dinner Dialogue will be held on Nov. 4 from 6:30 to 9:30 […]
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